{"id":8722,"date":"2025-11-03T09:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=8722"},"modified":"2025-11-03T09:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:08:13","slug":"im-proud-of-that-choice-mary-kate-olsen-said-elizabeth-olsen-accused-of-being-stuck-in-marvel-role-until-her-sister-revealed-the-17-million-indie-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=8722","title":{"rendered":"I’m proud of that choice,’ Mary-Kate Olsen said. \u2014 Elizabeth Olsen Accused Of Being ‘Stuck’ In Marvel Role, Until Her Sister Revealed The $17 Million Indie Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A familiar critique has resurfaced in recent weeks: that Elizabeth Olsen \u2014 after her high-profile exit from the Marvel Cinematic Universe \u2014 is \u201cstuck\u201d in her Scarlet Witch identity, and that at 36 she is already drifting out of the cultural center.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her sister \u2014 Mary-Kate Olsen \u2014 disagrees.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a rare, direct comment, she challenged the narrative at its foundation:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cElizabeth has proven her talent through many independent roles before Marvel. She chooses quality projects rather than chasing fame, and I am proud of that choice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Her comment draws attention to something that has always been true but is easy to forget: Elizabeth Olsen had indie credibility and critic respect before she ever appeared in a tentpole franchise.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The record is clear: the indie r\u00e9sum\u00e9 came first<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Year<\/span><\/th>\nTitle<\/span><\/th>\nWhy the role mattered<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2011<\/span><\/td>\nMartha Marcy May Marlene<\/em><\/span><\/td>\na breakout \u2014 with Critics\u2019 Choice and Independent Spirit nominations<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/span><\/td>\nSilent House<\/em><\/span><\/td>\nwidely praised performance in a challenging one-location story<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/span><\/td>\nLiberal Arts<\/em><\/span><\/td>\nensemble romantic comedy-drama<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/span><\/td>\nKill Your Darlings<\/em><\/span><\/td>\nbiographical drama opposite Daniel Radcliffe<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This period cemented Olsen not as a blockbuster star \u2014 but as a performer with range and credibility.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marvel arrived after<\/em> the foundation \u2014 not before it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The post-Marvel work undermines the \u201cout of date\u201d claim<\/span><\/h3>\n

Her body of work since Wanda Maximoff has been consistently genre-varied \u2014 and awards bodies have noticed:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    2021 \u2014 WandaVision<\/em><\/strong> \u2192 Primetime Emmy nomination<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    2023 \u2014 Love & Death<\/em><\/strong> \u2192 Golden Globe nomination<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    ongoing<\/strong> \u2192 independent film production roles and executive producer credits<\/span>
    (His Three Daughters<\/em>, The Assessment<\/em>, and others)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    These are intentional, character-driven selections \u2014 not default options.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    The bigger point Mary-Kate is making<\/span><\/h3>\n

    The criticism that Elizabeth Olsen is \u201cdefined by one character\u201d relies on the assumption that the Marvel period was the center of her career \u2014 not one chapter within it.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Mary-Kate\u2019s defense reframes the core of the argument:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Elizabeth Olsen\u2019s career is not a question of limitation \u2014 it is a case study in choosing depth over constant mainstream presence.<\/span><\/p>\n

    She is not \u201cwaiting to be cast in something different.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

    She is already doing it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    A familiar critique has resurfaced in recent weeks: that Elizabeth Olsen \u2014 after her high-profile exit from the Marvel Cinematic Universe \u2014 is \u201cstuck\u201d in her Scarlet Witch identity, and that at 36 she is already drifting out of the cultural center. Her sister \u2014 Mary-Kate Olsen \u2014 disagrees. In a rare, direct comment, she…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}